The Angels went down to their 11th defeat in 14 games as the Yankees struck in the late innings for a 5-1 victory. Rookie Frank Tanana nursed a 1-0 lead into the seventh. Gene Michael ignited the decisive New York rally in that frame with a single. Roy White hit into a force play and was replaced by pinch-runner Fred Stanley. With two out, Lou Piniella cracked the game-deciding homer into the left field seats.

The Yanks tacked on three more runs off reliever Barry Raziano in the eighth. An infield hit by Bill Sudakis, a walk and singles by Michael and Stanley completed the scoring for New York. California's only run was driven home by rookie first baseman John Doherty when he bounced into a fielder's choice in the second inning with runners at first and third. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, California Angels 1
Game Played on Monday, June      17, 1974 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    2  3  0  -   5 10  1
Angels       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  2


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .336      Rivers cf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .283
Piniella lf           3   1   1   2     0   0   .293      Doyle 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Murcer rf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .267        Schaal ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Munson c              4   0   0   0     1   1   .242        Rodriguez c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Sudakis dh            4   0   1   0     0   1   .259      Stanton rf            4   0   2   0     0   2   .368
  Blomberg pr,dh      0   1   0   0     0   0   .317      Sands dh              2   0   0   0     0   0   .184
Nettles 3b            1   1   0   0     3   0   .243        Llenas ph,dh        2   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   2   .237      Lahoud lf             1   1   0   0     2   0   .256
Michael 2b            4   1   3   1     0   0   .211        Robinson ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .261
Mason ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Oliver 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .248
  White ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Doherty 1b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .333
  Stanley pr,ss       1   1   1   2     0   0   .208      Egan c                2   0   0   0     0   2   .083
Pagan p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Valentine ph,ss     1   0   0   0     0   0   .277
  Wallace p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Alomar ss,2b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .262
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Raziano p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  10   5     4   5             Totals               31   1   7   1     2   7

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 18,150
Left on Base: Yankees 8, Angels 5
DP: Yankees 3, Angels 1
Errors: Mason, Lahoud, Oliver
Doubles: Rivers (9)
Home Runs: Piniella (3)
Caught Stealing: Piniella (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Piniella (3)
GIDP: Piniella (7), Sands (2), Oliver (13), Llenas (2)
Hit by Pitch: Piniella (1,by Tanana)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pagan                   5     3   1   1   2   5   0  18   5.59
Wallace W(2-0)          3     3   0   0   0   1   0  11   2.84
Lyle                    1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.64
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   7   0  33

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana L(4-9)           7     6   2   2   3   3   1  30   3.38
Raziano                 1     3   3   2   1   2   0   6   4.91
Lockwood                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.41
Totals                  9    10   5   4   4   5   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Tanana (4)
Wild Pitches: Lyle (5)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim McKean


YANKEES 1ST: Maddox flied out to right; Piniella was hit by a
pitch; Murcer singled to left [Piniella to second]; Munson
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Piniella to third, Murcer to
second]; Sudakis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Rivers doubled to left; On a bunt Doyle singled to
second [Rivers to third]; Stanton struck out; Sands grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Doyle out at second]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Angels 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles flied out to center; Chambliss struck out;
Michael singled to center; Mason grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Lahoud walked; Oliver singled to center [Lahoud to
third]; Doherty reached on an error by Mason [Lahoud scored,
Oliver to third, Doherty to second]; Oliver was picked off third
(catcher to third); Egan struck out; On a bunt Alomar made an
out to third; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Angels 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Maddox singled to center; Piniella grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Maddox out at second];
Murcer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Rivers struck out; Doyle grounded out (first
unassisted); Stanton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
0, Angels 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson made an out to third; Sudakis grounded out
(second to first); Nettles walked; Chambliss singled to center
[Nettles to second]; Michael made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Sands flied out to right; Lahoud walked; Oliver
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Lahoud out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Angels
1.

YANKEES 5TH: Mason popped to catcher in foul territory; Maddox
grounded out (third to first); Piniella reached on an error by
Oliver [Piniella to first]; Piniella was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Angels
1.

ANGELS 5TH: Doherty grounded out (second to first); Egan struck
out; Alomar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Angels 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); Munson
walked; Sudakis forced Munson (shortstop to second); Nettles
walked [Sudakis to second]; Chambliss flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: WALLACE REPLACED PAGAN (PITCHING); Rivers singled to
third; Doyle popped to catcher in foul territory; Stanton
singled to left [Rivers to second]; LLENAS BATTED FOR SANDS;
Llenas grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Stanton out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
0, Angels 1.

YANKEES 7TH: LLENAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Michael singled
to left; WHITE BATTED FOR MASON; White forced Michael (shortstop
to second); STANLEY RAN FOR WHITE; Maddox made an out to second;
Piniella homered [Stanley scored]; Murcer grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 7TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Lahoud grounded
out (second to first); Oliver struck out; Doherty grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Angels 1.

YANKEES 8TH: RAZIANO REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); Munson struck
out; Sudakis singled to shortstop; BLOMBERG RAN FOR SUDAKIS;
Nettles walked [Blomberg to second]; Chambliss struck out;
Michael singled to left [Blomberg scored, Nettles to third,
Michael to second (error by Lahoud)]; Stanley singled to left
[Nettles scored, Michael scored (unearned), Stanley out at
second (left to catcher to second)]; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 5, Angels 1.

ANGELS 8TH: BLOMBERG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); VALENTINE
BATTED FOR EGAN; Valentine grounded out (pitcher to first);
Alomar singled to left; Rivers flied out to center; SCHAAL
BATTED FOR DOYLE; Schaal flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 5, Angels 1.

YANKEES 9TH: VALENTINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); ALOMAR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); RODRIGUEZ REPLACED SCHAAL
(PLAYING C ); LOCKWOOD REPLACED RAZIANO (PITCHING); Maddox
singled to right; Piniella out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Maddox to second]; Murcer popped to first in foul
territory; Munson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 5, Angels 1.

ANGELS 9TH: LYLE REPLACED WALLACE (PITCHING); Stanton singled to
center; Llenas flied out to right; ROBINSON BATTED FOR LAHOUD;
Lyle threw a wild pitch [Stanton to second]; Robinson struck
out; Oliver flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
5, Angels 1.